Dr Charlie Gardner
@charliejgardner.bsky.social
Conservationist, activist, writer and researcher, rebelling against extinction
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1/ There's a lot of talk these days about scientific neutrality and the role of academics in our planetary emergency
So I'd love to introduce myself by sharing some of my work on academic activism and talking a bit about my own shift from 'the lab' to the streets
So I'd love to introduce myself by sharing some of my work on academic activism and talking a bit about my own shift from 'the lab' to the streets
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"Middlebrough said he was not a terrorist and should never have been imprisoned in the first place".
"I am not on the run. I am merely being sensible, refusing to be held as a prisoner of war of Israel in a British prison". electronicintifada.net/content/excl...
"I am not on the run. I am merely being sensible, refusing to be held as a prisoner of war of Israel in a British prison". electronicintifada.net/content/excl...
Exclusive: Absconded activist refuses to be “prisoner of war”
Sean Middlebrough says he and fellow Palestine Action activists were “kidnapped” by British counter-terrorism police at the point of a gun.
electronicintifada.net
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"Middlebrough said he was not a terrorist and should never have been imprisoned in the first place".
"I am not on the run. I am merely being sensible, refusing to be held as a prisoner of war of Israel in a British prison". electronicintifada.net/content/excl...
"I am not on the run. I am merely being sensible, refusing to be held as a prisoner of war of Israel in a British prison". electronicintifada.net/content/excl...
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Surprise surprise… explains why this bill is such a disaster for wildlife & their habitats. We need balanced and informed evidence-based decision making, not this biased, subjective nonsense.
Really hoping my MP
@bengoldsborough.bsky.social will be voting in support of Amendment 130 🙏
Really hoping my MP
@bengoldsborough.bsky.social will be voting in support of Amendment 130 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Surprise surprise… explains why this bill is such a disaster for wildlife & their habitats. We need balanced and informed evidence-based decision making, not this biased, subjective nonsense.
Really hoping my MP
@bengoldsborough.bsky.social will be voting in support of Amendment 130 🙏
Really hoping my MP
@bengoldsborough.bsky.social will be voting in support of Amendment 130 🙏
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Copenhagen 2009. Humanity's last chance to avoid collapse?
Obama claimed partial victory. The ambassador for 130 developing countries' responded with "the most important briefing the world never heard".
Obama's deal meant "Certain death for Africa, certain devastation of island states".
Obama claimed partial victory. The ambassador for 130 developing countries' responded with "the most important briefing the world never heard".
Obama's deal meant "Certain death for Africa, certain devastation of island states".
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Copenhagen 2009. Humanity's last chance to avoid collapse?
Obama claimed partial victory. The ambassador for 130 developing countries' responded with "the most important briefing the world never heard".
Obama's deal meant "Certain death for Africa, certain devastation of island states".
Obama claimed partial victory. The ambassador for 130 developing countries' responded with "the most important briefing the world never heard".
Obama's deal meant "Certain death for Africa, certain devastation of island states".
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Marcus has huge legal fees after fighting the threat of deportation. Support him here: chuffed.org/project/q9rj...
Legal Fees To Fight Marcus's Deportation
My partner Marcus is being threatened with deportation after an act of peaceful protest against the government's inaction on the climate crisis. He was just trying to sound the alarm.
chuffed.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Marcus has huge legal fees after fighting the threat of deportation. Support him here: chuffed.org/project/q9rj...
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🚨 BREAKING: MARCUS WINS DEPORTATION APPEAL
Marcus Decker, who was facing deportation after being handed a prison sentence over 2 years for climbing the QEII Bridge in 2022 with Morgan Trowland, has won his appeal against the deportation order.
Marcus Decker, who was facing deportation after being handed a prison sentence over 2 years for climbing the QEII Bridge in 2022 with Morgan Trowland, has won his appeal against the deportation order.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚨 BREAKING: MARCUS WINS DEPORTATION APPEAL
Marcus Decker, who was facing deportation after being handed a prison sentence over 2 years for climbing the QEII Bridge in 2022 with Morgan Trowland, has won his appeal against the deportation order.
Marcus Decker, who was facing deportation after being handed a prison sentence over 2 years for climbing the QEII Bridge in 2022 with Morgan Trowland, has won his appeal against the deportation order.
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"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
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Marcus won his appeal!
Marcus is the very best of us and has served his time in jail - he should not become the first person ever deported from this country for peaceful protest
Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’
Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Marcus won his appeal!
Marcus is the very best of us and has served his time in jail - he should not become the first person ever deported from this country for peaceful protest
Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’
Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Marcus is the very best of us and has served his time in jail - he should not become the first person ever deported from this country for peaceful protest
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With COP30 underway, Climate Action Against Disinformation releases a report showing how both Big Carbon and Big Tech are sabotaging climate action worldwide. Cites examples of legislation that has been effective in limiting the harms of disinformation.
🚨 Our new report, Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified, is out now. 🚨
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
With COP30 underway, Climate Action Against Disinformation releases a report showing how both Big Carbon and Big Tech are sabotaging climate action worldwide. Cites examples of legislation that has been effective in limiting the harms of disinformation.
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𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀! Want to join @chrisgpackham.bsky.social in supporting the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature?
🖋️ 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 urging MPs to attend: lnkd.in/ecGDM3Ry
🖋️ 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 urging MPs to attend: lnkd.in/ecGDM3Ry
We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November.
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀! Want to join @chrisgpackham.bsky.social in supporting the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature?
🖋️ 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 urging MPs to attend: lnkd.in/ecGDM3Ry
🖋️ 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 urging MPs to attend: lnkd.in/ecGDM3Ry
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'swathes of land will have to be given up to be used as floodplains, to protect homes in areas around Breydon Water + along the Waveney Valley from flooding...learn from the Netherlands where communities were being protected by creating more wetland + flood plain to absorb rising water levels.'
Climate threat to the Broads - swathes of land will have to be given up to be used as floodplains, to protect homes in areas around Breydon Water and along the Waveney Valley from flooding....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Climate change threatening Norfolk and Suffolk Broads
The outgoing boss of the Broads Authority on the challenges facing his successor and the waterways.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
'swathes of land will have to be given up to be used as floodplains, to protect homes in areas around Breydon Water + along the Waveney Valley from flooding...learn from the Netherlands where communities were being protected by creating more wetland + flood plain to absorb rising water levels.'
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1/3 I’ll be speaking at the Revolution in the 21st Century Festival happening November 15–16, where I’ll be sharing insights on how we can create this revolution. This festival brings together changemakers, activists, artists, and thinkers from around the world to explore what revolution means —
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
1/3 I’ll be speaking at the Revolution in the 21st Century Festival happening November 15–16, where I’ll be sharing insights on how we can create this revolution. This festival brings together changemakers, activists, artists, and thinkers from around the world to explore what revolution means —
Herb Robert has spring-loaded seed pods which shoot the seeds out when they ripen - I'm impressed they reached the roof of my car!
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Herb Robert has spring-loaded seed pods which shoot the seeds out when they ripen - I'm impressed they reached the roof of my car!
Burning trees is not a climate solution
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Burning trees is not a climate solution
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You can’t afford a coal mine.
You can’t afford a gas turbine.
You can’t afford an oil rig.
Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can.
But you can afford a solar power station on your roof.
Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.
You can’t afford a gas turbine.
You can’t afford an oil rig.
Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can.
But you can afford a solar power station on your roof.
Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
You can’t afford a coal mine.
You can’t afford a gas turbine.
You can’t afford an oil rig.
Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can.
But you can afford a solar power station on your roof.
Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.
You can’t afford a gas turbine.
You can’t afford an oil rig.
Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can.
But you can afford a solar power station on your roof.
Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.
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"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
Local fossil fuel ad ban as a catalyst for global change - Nature Climate Change
The Hague in the Netherlands was the first city in the world to enact a law prohibiting advertisements for fossil fuel products and services. Although the ban is restricted to The Hague’s jurisdiction...
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
If your objective is change, you don't give the people working to prevent change the biggest seat at the negotiating table
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If your objective is change, you don't give the people working to prevent change the biggest seat at the negotiating table
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November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Their response, following my complaint on behalf of XR, was that disclosure would have “the potential to damage the reputation and distress trustees” and that “the greater public interest lies in withholding information”
🔴 Tufton Street’s influence is epitomised by the Charity Commission’s total failure to regulate Tufton Street.
📝 A new rant about the regulator’s latest investigation into the IEA 👇
📝 A new rant about the regulator’s latest investigation into the IEA 👇
Captured by the ‘free market’ fanatics
The Charity Commission’s political naivety complex...
writesbright.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Their response, following my complaint on behalf of XR, was that disclosure would have “the potential to damage the reputation and distress trustees” and that “the greater public interest lies in withholding information”
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Two houses on the same street, both with drives.
Yet just one of them reduces flood risk, retards heatwaves, and lights up the neighbourhood with welcoming greenery.
We’ve lost millions of front gardens to overpaving in recent decades. We need to reverse that trend urgently.
Yet just one of them reduces flood risk, retards heatwaves, and lights up the neighbourhood with welcoming greenery.
We’ve lost millions of front gardens to overpaving in recent decades. We need to reverse that trend urgently.
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Two houses on the same street, both with drives.
Yet just one of them reduces flood risk, retards heatwaves, and lights up the neighbourhood with welcoming greenery.
We’ve lost millions of front gardens to overpaving in recent decades. We need to reverse that trend urgently.
Yet just one of them reduces flood risk, retards heatwaves, and lights up the neighbourhood with welcoming greenery.
We’ve lost millions of front gardens to overpaving in recent decades. We need to reverse that trend urgently.
I've never wanted anything so much as for climate change to be a hoax
So I guess I have that in common with denialists
So I guess I have that in common with denialists
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I've never wanted anything so much as for climate change to be a hoax
So I guess I have that in common with denialists
So I guess I have that in common with denialists
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BREAKING🚨: BP announced £1.7 billion in profit just days after Jamaica was hit by the strongest hurricane in its history.
They’re cutting billions from renewables and doubling down on oil and gas.
The same company that calls itself “Beyond Petroleum” is cashing in on destruction.
They’re cutting billions from renewables and doubling down on oil and gas.
The same company that calls itself “Beyond Petroleum” is cashing in on destruction.
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
BREAKING🚨: BP announced £1.7 billion in profit just days after Jamaica was hit by the strongest hurricane in its history.
They’re cutting billions from renewables and doubling down on oil and gas.
The same company that calls itself “Beyond Petroleum” is cashing in on destruction.
They’re cutting billions from renewables and doubling down on oil and gas.
The same company that calls itself “Beyond Petroleum” is cashing in on destruction.
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COP 30: La Via Campesina’s Manifesto – Land and Rights for Those Who Cool the Planet!
https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/cop-30-la-via-campesinas-manifesto-land-and-rights-for-those-who-cool-the-planet
This manifesto is our roadmap at this decisive moment […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/cop-30-la-via-campesinas-manifesto-land-and-rights-for-those-who-cool-the-planet
This manifesto is our roadmap at this decisive moment […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
COP 30: La Via Campesina’s Manifesto – Land and Rights for Those Who Cool the Planet!
https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/cop-30-la-via-campesinas-manifesto-land-and-rights-for-those-who-cool-the-planet
This manifesto is our roadmap at this decisive moment […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/cop-30-la-via-campesinas-manifesto-land-and-rights-for-those-who-cool-the-planet
This manifesto is our roadmap at this decisive moment […]
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Only 40 years too late
New school curriculum for England includes a focus on climate change and sustainability and media literacy, i.e. recognising disinformation
Good!
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Good!
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
England curriculum should focus less on exams and more on life skills, finds review
Experts say pupils should spend less time in exam halls and more time on activities like life skills, sport and work experience
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Only 40 years too late